Howto: WOW with Wine (help.ubuntu.com/community/WorldofWarcraft)

[Tweak42]

Good. With a GeForce 8300 GS you are defintely supported to lastest 310.32 driver. Make sure the X-Updates PPA is enabled in your source repositores, the sleightly older 304.64 driver in the PPA should work just fine. "nvidia-current" is a meta package and should point to the latest "approved" nvidia driver and matching nvidia-settings. I highly recommend getting away from the 173 driver because it dates back to 2010, and is mainly for video cards less capable and far older than yours.

It helps somewhat if you use synaptic, search for "nvidia" and you can see the list of drivers among the hits. Once you update the drivers, you do need to reboot for them to take affect. Remember you can always confirm what driver version is running by using the nvidia-settings tool. Also becareful when swaping around drivers as a few times I have messed up the driver thus the X-server would crash at startup and had to reinstall the drivers from command line (having a second computer nearby helps when looking up the commands).

Regarding the wine errors, in my experience the "fixme" ones are benign, and don't normally cause crashes. The "Unable to read archive hash/block table" ones are bad because the game cannot confirm that those game files are not corrupted. This isn't to say the game won't work, but I would try running the wow launcher from the terminal to see if there are any errors and hopefully the launcher can straighten them out. Lastly "X Error of failed request" definetly points to something went wrong with the graphics driver (GLX) initialization, hence my emphasis on upgrading your graphics driver to the 300.xx series.

Your config.wtf file is probably short because the game hasn't been logged in and out at least once to a character to save the various interface, graphics and sounds etc settings yet. When you launch the game once with -opengl switch it remembers it in the config.wtf unless you change it in the graphics setting menu and restart the game, or launch the game with -d3d switch.

Thanks! I am still doing something wrong. The files are at:

/home/anna/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Wow.exe

but I still can't open it either from the terminal or from the directory.

NVIDIA server settings:

Graphics processor: GeForce 8300 GS
VBIOS Version 60-86-49-00-19
Memory: 512 MB
Bus Type: PCI Express x 16
Bus ID: ? @ ? : ? : ?
PCI Device ID: Unknown
PCI Vendor ID: Unknown
IRQ: 16
X Screens: Screen 0
Display Devices: None

I went back to the very beginning of the How To and found this problem, which I did not have previously:

anna@anna-desktop:~$ glxinfo | grep rendering
X Error of failed request:  GLXBadDrawable
  Major opcode of failed request:  135 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  5 (X_GLXMakeCurrent)
  Serial number of failed request:  20
  Current serial number in output stream:  20

EDIT:

Tried installing Nvidia-current without deleting 173. Went back to being unable to apply the right resolution, went to drivers and installed 173, restarted. Resolution OK now. Rendering problem is fixed. Tried starting the game again. Still not working but now I've got an error report:

==============================================================================
World of WarCraft: Retail Build (build 16357)

Exe:      C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Wow.exe
Time:     Jan 20, 2013  1:09:01.510 PM
User:     anna
Computer: anna-desktop
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This application has encountered a critical error:

ERROR #132 (0x85100084) Fatal exception!

Program:	C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Wow.exe
ProcessID:	73
Exception:	0xC0000005 (ACCESS_VIOLATION) at 0073:78A796C5

The instruction at "0x78A796C5" referenced memory at "0xFFFFFFFF".
The memory could not be "read".


WoWBuild: 16357
Version: 5.1.0
Type:  WoW
Platform: X86
Session Time(hh:mm:ss):  00:00:00
Time in World(hh:mm:ss): 00:00:00
Number of Char Logins:  0

Settings: 
SET gxApi "opengl"
SET ffxDeath "0"
SET SoundOutputSystem "1"
SET SoundBufferSize "150"
SET MasterSoundEffects "0"
SET locale "enUS"
SET installLocale "enUS"

----------------------------------------
Installation settings:
----------------------------------------
UID:  wow_enus
Expansion Level: 4
PTR: 0
Beta: 0
PatchURL: 'http://enUS.patch.battle.net:1119/patch'
ProductCode: 'WoW'

----------------------------------------
               GxInfo
----------------------------------------
No GX Device Created
Desktop Display List:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Device String: X11 Windowing System
State Flags: 0x00000015
Device ID: PCI\VEN_0000&DEV_0000

Installed DX9 Version:
File Version: 5.3.1.904
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------
    x86 Registers
----------------------------------------

EAX=FFFFFFFF  EBX=00000000  ECX=7E41B030  EDX=00000001  ESI=7E497E98
EDI=00000008  EBP=00000001  ESP=0187EDAC  EIP=78A796C5  FLG=00010286
CS =0073      DS =007B      ES =007B      SS =007B      FS =0033      GS =003B


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    Stack Trace (Manual)
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Address  Frame    Logical addr  Module

Showing 9/9 threads...

--- Thread ID: 86 ---
**** Unable to retrieve thread context, error: 5

--- Thread ID: 85 ---
**** Unable to retrieve thread context, error: 5

--- Thread ID: 84 ---
**** Unable to retrieve thread context, error: 5

--- Thread ID: 83 ---
**** Unable to retrieve thread context, error: 5

--- Thread ID: 82 ---
**** Unable to retrieve thread context, error: 5

--- Thread ID: 81 ---
**** Unable to retrieve thread context, error: 5

--- Thread ID: 80 ---
**** Unable to retrieve thread context, error: 5

--- Thread ID: 79 ---
**** Unable to retrieve thread context, error: 5

--- Thread ID: 74 [Current Thread] ---
78A796C5 00000001 0000:00000000 <unknown>

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    Stack Trace (Using DBGHELP.DLL)
----------------------------------------

Showing 9/9 threads...

--- Thread ID: 86 ---
**** Unable to retrieve thread context, error: 5

--- Thread ID: 85 ---
**** Unable to retrieve thread context, error: 5

--- Thread ID: 84 ---
**** Unable to retrieve thread context, error: 5

--- Thread ID: 83 ---
**** Unable to retrieve thread context, error: 5

--- Thread ID: 82 ---
**** Unable to retrieve thread context, error: 5

--- Thread ID: 81 ---
**** Unable to retrieve thread context, error: 5

--- Thread ID: 80 ---
**** Unable to retrieve thread context, error: 5

--- Thread ID: 79 ---
**** Unable to retrieve thread context, error: 5

--- Thread ID: 74 [Current Thread] ---



----------------------------------------
    Loaded Modules
----------------------------------------

DBG-MODULE<00400000 00F51000 "Wow.exe" "Wow.pdb" 0 {5aa2aa29-afb6-4524-b8907c5fdc6893da} 1 1354589228>
DBG-MODULE<68220000 0013A000 "user32.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<68370000 000BC000 "gdi32.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<68440000 00056000 "advapi32.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<684A0000 00010000 "version.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<684C0000 00066000 "wininet.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<68540000 00023000 "mpr.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<68580000 0007F000 "msvcrt.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<68610000 00216000 "shell32.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<68830000 000A8000 "winmm.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<688F0000 0010F000 "ole32.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<68A10000 0006D000 "rpcrt4.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<68A80000 00027000 "msacm32.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<68AB0000 00033000 "d3d9.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<68C40000 0012A000 "wined3d.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<68D70000 0001E000 "imm32.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<68DA0000 00022000 "ws2_32.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<68DD0000 0000E000 "dinput8.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<68DF0000 0005A000 "setupapi.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<68E50000 0000F000 "hid.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<68E70000 0007E000 "winex11.drv" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<69130000 00026000 "uxtheme.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<69190000 000ED000 "opengl32.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<69330000 00007000 "psapi.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<6A280000 0002D000 "winspool.drv" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<6CEF0000 00053000 "dbghelp.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<75EE0000 000FE000 "comctl32.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<77F60000 00076000 "shlwapi.dll" "shlwapi.pdb" 0 {658b2b7c-8638-42a0-be311e436027f6e3} 2 1158222689>
DBG-MODULE<7B810000 0022B000 "KERNEL32.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>
DBG-MODULE<7BC10000 000C2000 "ntdll.dll" "" 0 {00000000-0000-0000-0000000000000000} 0 0>

----------------------------------------
    Memory Dump
----------------------------------------

Code: 32 bytes starting at (EIP = 78A796C5 - 10)

78A796B5: 1C 8B 5C 24  20 89 74 24  08 89 4C 24  04 89 1C 24  ..\$ .t$..L$...$
* = addr  **                                                  *               
78A796C5: FF D0 8B 54  24 1C 8D 46  10 89 44 24  04 8B 42 04  ...T$..F..D$..B.


Stack: 1024 bytes starting at (ESP = 0187EDAC - 20)

0187ED80: 8C B2 41 7E  68 A8 41 7E  D8 EA 45 7E  C8 EA 45 7E  ..A~h.A~..E~..E~
0187ED90: 08 00 00 00  01 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  98 7E 49 7E  .............~I~
0187EDA0: 08 00 00 00  01 00 00 00  AC 96 A7 78  00 00 00 00  ...........x....
* = addr                                         **                       *   
0187EDA0: 08 00 00 00  01 00 00 00  AC 96 A7 78  00 00 00 00  ...........x....
0187EDB0: 30 B0 41 7E  98 7E 49 7E  01 00 00 00  08 60 33 B7  0.A~.~I~.....`3.
0187EDC0: 00 00 00 00  01 00 00 00  30 B0 41 7E  00 00 00 00  ........0.A~....
0187EDD0: 01 00 00 00  01 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  98 7E 49 7E  .............~I~
0187EDE0: 99 00 00 00  FC F8 45 7E  B6 9B A7 78  00 00 00 00  ......E~...x....
0187EDF0: 30 B0 41 7E  98 7E 49 7E  01 00 00 00  D8 34 01 00  0.A~.~I~.....4..
0187EE00: 01 00 00 00  01 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  08 81 49 7E  ..............I~
0187EE10: 01 00 00 00  01 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  58 A8 41 7E  ............X.A~
0187EE20: 54 00 E0 03  00 00 00 00  1D 87 2E 69  00 00 00 00  T..........i....
0187EE30: 30 B0 41 7E  00 00 00 00  01 00 00 00  D8 34 3F 7E  0.A~.........4?~
0187EE40: 54 00 E0 03  87 00 00 00  E2 CA 2E 69  54 00 E0 03  T..........iT...
0187EE50: 54 00 E0 03  87 00 00 00  08 5B 2C 69  48 CA 47 7E  T........[,iH.G~
0187EE60: 54 00 E0 03  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  T...............
0187EE70: B0 93 4A 7E  00 C0 39 B7  C7 6A 2C 69  D8 34 3F 7E  ..J~..9..j,i.4?~
0187EE80: 54 00 E0 03  00 00 00 00  E4 57 72 78  C8 8F 47 7E  T........Wrx..G~
0187EE90: 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  01 00 00 00  B8 BD 48 7E  ..............H~
0187EEA0: 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  CC 75 75 78  00 C0 39 B7  .........uux..9.
0187EEB0: B0 93 4A 7E  08 00 00 00  00 C0 39 01  00 00 00 00  ..J~......9.....
0187EEC0: 01 00 00 00  01 00 00 00  01 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ................
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0187EEE0: 00 00 00 00  E0 EF 87 01  DA 5D 72 78  00 C0 39 B7  .........]rx..9.
0187EEF0: A8 FE 48 7E  01 00 00 00  01 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ..H~............
0187EF00: 00 00 80 BF  00 00 80 BF  98 66 3B B7  8C 66 3B B7  .........f;..f;.
0187EF10: 01 00 00 01  01 00 00 00  02 00 00 00  34 77 14 00  ............4w..
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0187F040: 00 00 00 00  B0 50 14 00  88 F0 87 01  FF FF FF FF  .....P..........
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0187F0D0: 49 3A 62 79  D0 A4 46 7E  AF 31 18 68  4C F1 87 01  I:by..F~.1.hL...
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Percent memory used:    43
Total physical memory:  1048584192
Free physical memory:   590241792
Page file:              4124798976
Total virtual memory:   3221159935
Free virtual memory:    3221094399
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

List of running Wow.exe processes

Could not list processes

List of running Agent.exe processes

Could not list processes

======================================================================
Hardware/Driver Information:
Processor:              0x0
Page Size:              4096
Min App Address:        0x10000
Max App Address:        0xbfffffff
Processor Mask:         0x3
Number of Processors:   2
Processor Type:         586
Allocation Granularity: 65536
Processor Level:        6
Processor Revision:     3853
Os Version:             6.2
Os Service Pack:        0.0

And when attempting to run it from the terminal:

anna@anna-desktop:~$  wine "C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\WoW.exe"
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation (nil) 1 (nil) 0
fixme:process:GetLogicalProcessorInformation (0x187f754,0x187fd54): stub
fixme:process:GetLogicalProcessorInformation (0x32c008,0x32c608): stub
fixme:process:GetLogicalProcessorInformation (0x32bfd8,0x32c5d8): stub
fixme:wininet:CommitUrlCacheEntryInternal entry already in cache - don't know what to do!
fixme:process:GetLogicalProcessorInformation (0x197e338,0x197e938): stub
fixme:process:GetLogicalProcessorInformation (0x197e308,0x197e908): stub
fixme:wininet:CommitUrlCacheEntryInternal entry already in cache - don't know what to do!
fixme:process:GetLogicalProcessorInformation (0x197e338,0x197e938): stub
fixme:process:GetLogicalProcessorInformation (0x197e308,0x197e908): stub
fixme:wininet:CommitUrlCacheEntryInternal entry already in cache - don't know what to do!
fixme:process:GetLogicalProcessorInformation (0x197e338,0x197e938): stub
fixme:process:GetLogicalProcessorInformation (0x197e308,0x197e908): stub
fixme:process:GetLogicalProcessorInformation (0x187f57c,0x187fb7c): stub
fixme:process:GetLogicalProcessorInformation (0x187f54c,0x187fb4c): stub
Unable to read archive hash/block table: "Data\Cache\enUS\patch-enUS-16357.MPQ"
Unable to read archive hash/block table: "Data\Cache\enUS\patch-enUS-16309.MPQ"
Unable to read archive hash/block table: "Data\Cache\enUS\patch-enUS-16057.MPQ"
Unable to read archive hash/block table: "Data\Cache\enUS\patch-enUS-16048.MPQ"
Unable to read archive hash/block table: "Data\Cache\enUS\patch-enUS-16016.MPQ"
Unable to read archive hash/block table: "Data\Cache\patch-base-16357.MPQ"
Unable to read archive hash/block table: "Data\Cache\patch-base-16309.MPQ"
Unable to read archive hash/block table: "Data\Cache\patch-base-16057.MPQ"
Unable to read archive hash/block table: "Data\Cache\patch-base-16048.MPQ"
Unable to read archive hash/block table: "Data\Cache\patch-base-16016.MPQ"
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x187ed28,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d:init_driver_info Unhandled OS version 6.2, reporting Win 7.
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x187ebc8,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d:init_driver_info Unhandled OS version 6.2, reporting Win 7.
X Error of failed request:  BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  135 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  27 (X_GLXCreatePbuffer)
  Serial number of failed request:  817
  Current serial number in output stream:  818

[Lightning Dragon]

Hello,

First, your error "132" is definitely concerning OpenGL/GPU/etc issues. I have a list of things you can do to fix it.

You say you can't open the file the terminal or the directory, or is that problem now fixed? Does it give you permission errors? You can do this in the terminal;

gksudo nautilus

It will bring up the home directory in root privileges. Try opening your file that way. If that doesn't work, open a terminal with two tabs. The first one with:

 sudo chmod -R 777 /home/<USERNAMEHERE>/.wine

The second with;

wine "C:\World of Warcraft\wow.exe"

Do you have a RunOnce.wtf.temp file? If so, make a backup and delete it. Also try;

To open WoW through the Terminal. Make sure you change "user" to your actually username.

wine /home/<user>/.wine/c_drive/Program\ Files/World\ of\ Warcraft/wow.exe -opengl

Or, try switching from WinXP, Win2000 and Win98/WinME etc etc and if you are running Windows and have WoW on that, email yourself the "config.wtf" file and replace your Ubuntu file.

When I was playing and had this issue, when all the above did not work, I uninstalled WoW and wine completely, rebooted and installed Wine and then WoW. Turned out I had a corrupted file, so that might be the same issue for you.

Consider looking at the following links;

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wo...roubleshooting
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WorldofWarcraft
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1799781
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=98627

[Thee]

Hi,

I'm using wine-1.4.1 on Ubuntu 12.10 with latest ATI drivers from their website. And regardless of setting everything to Low or to Ultra in the options, my FPS in WoW is EXACTLY the same!

So there seems to be a bottleneck, but if graphics are not the bottlneck, then what the heck is preventing WoW to gain more fps?

Anyone knows whats up with that?

(btw, my hardware is good, I run Ultra settings on Win7 with great FPS)

[Willpwn]

is this free?
I need to know how to get private servers on my computer

[zzaw]

Ok so I'm having some issue with Wow that is driving me nuts. I have two Ubuntu 13.04 installations that are currently virtually identical other than one is on my SSD and the other is on a traditional HDD. Anyway WoW on the traditional HDD works perfectly however on my SSD I get login error #114 every time. I've tried the 32 and 64 bit binaries, repair, a fresh install of WoW, Xubuntu 12.10 and Linux Mint 14. Every single one gives the same error yet I can jump right over to my other 13.04 installation and boot up fine. I installed 13.04 on my SSD hoping it would work but apparently not. Both installations are running wine 1.5.22 and 313.18 Nvidia drivers. Google hasn't giving my anything so far.

[Crossbow]

... if you are running Windows and have WoW on that, email yourself the "config.wtf" file and replace your Ubuntu file.

That is a good idea - I have the game installed on my roommate's Windows PC as well. I don't like playing on it because she has a TV monitor on it and the picture is terrible and I hate her keyboard - but I could get the files from there. I don't know why I didn't think of that in the first place.

ETA: That didn't help. Will try the other suggestions.

ETA: Those PPAs are enabled in the repository.

Attempting to open from terminal using above instructions:

anna@anna-desktop:~$ wine/home/anna/.wine/c_drive/Program\ Files/World\ of\ Warcraft/wow.exe -opengl
bash: wine/home/anna/.wine/c_drive/Program Files/World of Warcraft/wow.exe: No such file or directory

Copy-pasting the location:

anna@anna-desktop:~$ wine/home/anna/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/World\ of\ Warcraft/Wow.exe -opengl
bash: wine/home/anna/.wine/drive_c/Program: No such file or directory

I downloaded all those DLL files from that troubleshooting link. Not sure what they are really. Didn't make any difference.

[Crossbow]

I may have found something. I marked all the Wine files for complete removal in Synaptic. Then I restarted and was going to install wine again. I did the meta package first and got this message:

The installation or removal of a software package failed.

Tried to uninstall it and got the same message. Now trying it in a terminal.

Errors were encountered while processing:
 bnetd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

HELP?

It was suggested to run apt-get update. Ran that then tried to install Wine:

anna@anna-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install wine1.5
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
wine1.5 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Setting up bnetd (0.4.25-8) ...
chown: cannot access `/var/run/bnetd': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing bnetd (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 bnetd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
anna@anna-desktop:~$

[Tweak42]

anna@anna-desktop:~$ wine/home/anna/.wine/c_drive/Program\ Files/World\ of\ Warcraft/wow.exe -opengl
bash: wine/home/anna/.wine/c_drive/Program Files/World of Warcraft/wow.exe: No such file or directory

Copy-pasting the location:

anna@anna-desktop:~$ wine/home/anna/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/World\ of\ Warcraft/Wow.exe -opengl
bash: wine/home/anna/.wine/drive_c/Program: No such file or directory

I downloaded all those DLL files from that troubleshooting link. Not sure what they are really. Didn't make any difference.

You are missing a space between the command "wine" and the path to wow.exe. Also you should enclose the path in "quotes" because spaces break up the input parameter. You can use back slashes, but I find it's just easier to use quotes. Thus to correct your example:

anna@anna-desktop:~$ wine "/home/anna/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Wow.exe" -opengl

[Tweak42]

I may have found something. I marked all the Wine files for complete removal in Synaptic. Then I restarted and was going to install wine again. I did the meta package first and got this message:

The installation or removal of a software package failed.

Tried to uninstall it and got the same message. Now trying it in a terminal.

Errors were encountered while processing:
 bnetd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

HELP?

It was suggested to run apt-get update. Ran that then tried to install Wine:

anna@anna-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install wine1.5
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
wine1.5 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Setting up bnetd (0.4.25-8) ...
chown: cannot access `/var/run/bnetd': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing bnetd (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 bnetd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
anna@anna-desktop:~$

It sounds like wine is installed correctly. You can check version by running

wine --version

in terminal. Or run the "Configure Wine" from the application launcher and check the About tab.

The other error is package bnetd installation is messed up. I'm not sure which apt-get command you need to correct it. Some commands listed here may steer you in the right direction. You could try removing it with synaptic and reinstalling it too.

[Lightning Dragon]

As for the "E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)", run the sudo command "apt-get -f install". Then perform sudo apt-get update and if only a few files installed from that first command, run it again and then perform another update until all the packages are installed. The command fixes the broken packages.

You can also try dpkg --configure --pending. Try deleting the cache in /var/cache/apt/archives, too. Before you reinstall, run "sudo apt-get clean", and then do a reboot. One last option that worked for me two times was editing the "status" file. Open the terminal and sudo the following;

sudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/status

Remove the corrupt package/s, the entire block of it, and then save it and exit. Reboot and attempt to reinstall your stuff. That should work.

The problem, I do believe, is that there is still installation files or the program itself still on the computer and is corrupted.